For 2nd consecutive year, Let´s Golf Argentina will attend IGTM, the golf travel industry show to be hosted by Málaga (Spain). We will be part of the Argentine Tourism Board stand, who is one of the sponsors of the event. The board, represented by Mrs Susan Marples de Achával, has produced a very nice stand that will for sure be a great impact to all the attendants.

The 2009 IGTM Golf Show is very important for our company, as it is there where we will meet our partners in the industry and develop our strategy for 2010. The Tango Amateur Golf Classic Tournament will be our star, as we have put together THE 4 BEST COURSES IN ARGENTINA and we believe it is a great chance for golfers to play them all 4 the same week.

Let´s Golf Argentina proudly hosted a Fam Trip for South African agencies and golf industry partners: 7 people came to our country to meet and play our golf courses and to know a little bit more about Buenos Aires. They played some of our best: Golf Club Argentino, Olivos Golf Club, Buenos Aires Golf Club, Tortugas Country Club, Estancias Golf Club, La Reserva Cardales and Pilar Golf Club. And we showed them one of our nicest Estancias, “El Rocío” and a wonderful Tango Show at “Tango Porteño”. The participants were: Leon Plutsick (Easy Golf), Lawrence Roome (All Golf), Moss Ngoasheng (Joburg Open), Larry Gould (Journalist), Andrew Thomas (Diversions Magazine), Rene Breuer (Easy Golf) and Paulo Da Silva (Novo Mundo).

After 10 fantastic days they are now sure that Argentina has a lot to offer to South African golf travelers.

CARMEL, Ind. (AP)—It’s been 20 years since Eduardo Romero’s first European Tour victory (Lancôme Trophy at St Nome La Breteche), and he’s had a lot of success since then.
The 55-year-old from Argentina rates his win at last year’s U.S. Senior Openas his most significant because it gave him a confidence boost.
“It’s my favorite tournament,” he said. “It’s the more important tournament in my life.”
Romero said his win was important for golf in his country, his hometown of Cordoba and Latin America as a whole. He can’t help but get excited whenreminded of his victory.
“I feel very good, just like a movie in my head,” he said. “When I stared to play golf, I was thinking of my town and my family and everything.
He said golf is increasingly popular in Argentina and rivals soccer as the nation’s favorite sport. He said there are more than 125 courses in the capital city, Buenos Aires.
“Probably a couple years ago, the first game in Argentina, it was soccer,and now it’s golf,” he said. “Golf is going up and up.”

Times change, there is no doubt on that. People also change and their requirements as well. “Play the ball as it lies” one of golf’s first rules stands and in that rule it is implicit that sometimes the lie will be good, sometimes not so good and others it will be really bad.
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The National Institute for Tourism Promotion (INPROTUR) was present both at the Barclays Open (9th – 12th July in Loch Lommond) and the Open Championship (16th – 19th July in Turnberry); in both tournaments special activities to promote Argentina as a leading destination for golf in South America. In both events the web www.argentina.travel was presented and during the Open Championship INPROTUR lead an event with our main tour players and some specialized journalists and tour operators.
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